I’ve received this email from @fashionista2005 and it really touched me because I could see the real dimension of this movement! We’re saving lives!!! And this is her testimonial about the #8ermovement:

“I was talking to one of my good friends earlier this morning about life. I thought a lot about my life to this point and how grateful I am. I have been through a lot in life. I am adopted, never knew who my birth family was. I have had so many hard times and I have thought about killing myself a lot. I hated myself a lot and I felt like I needed to die. Well God was obviously going to teach me a lesson about cherishing life because this March, I almost died. I had to have a blood transfusion because my blood was so low. All that time I was in the hospital, I thought to myself, if I get out of here I am never coming back and I will enjoy life. Well thank God I got out (I dislike hospitals with a passion) and that week I was on twitter seeing what I had missed. I was already following @DallasAustin just because I thought he was a cool dude. But Dallas tweeted something about the 8ERS and I wanted to know more about it. So like the nerd that I am, I researched it and found out what they were about. God must have led me to read that tweet from Dallas because after that I wanted to join the 8ERS. The movement was something that I needed and longed for. I found that I should love myself first and love everyone around me and not to go around hating the world for no reason at all. I am so blessed and I am happy to have Dallas as like a mentor or guide for me. I don’t just look at him as the 8erdad, I look at him as my friend and a brother. He has a special place in heart, forever. I wake up in the mornings now so happy to be alive and not feeling like the world is against me. I love more….I love myself more. The 8er family has been so great to me. I am crying as I type this (yeah I am a cry baby lol) because I just look at where I have come from and my life now. I want to thank Dallas and the whole 8er family!!! I know that this movement is going to go far because we as a whole are a strong group of people. Everyone has a story and there reason for joining the 8ers. This is mine. What is your story?. Well thanks again 8ER FAMILY….love you guys long time
~Azilee Lareuse aka @fashionista2005~”

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